SILVER CITY, N.M. - Western New Mexico University's Men's Golf, Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis programs were named Lone Star Conference Academic Champions, having the highest GPA in their individual sport.

The LSC awarded Texas Woman's University (TWU) for the women's academic excellence, and St. Edward's for the men's academic excellence. This is TWU's third consecutive academic excellence award and eighth overall. St. Edward's claims their first men's honor.

The overall award winners were determined by a point system, with points distributed according to finish by sport in those that the LSC sponsors after a conference-wide comparison of team GPAs. The member institution with the highest team GPA in each sport was named the Sport Academic Champion and earned five (5) points toward the overall award. The runner-up in each sport picked up four (4) points and third-place three (3) points toward the overall award. Any program with a Team GPA of 2.00 and above earned one (1) point. Points for each member institution were totaled by gender and then divided by that institution's number of counter programs in that gender to arrive at the comparison value.

Men's Golf posted a 3.703 GPA, Men's Tennis had 3.805 GPA, and Women's Tennis secured a 3.863 GPA.